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The Monofilament Web rule states clearly, and I quote:

"*After firing a doomweaver, place a coin or other suitable marker next
to any unit hit. The next time these units move (for whatever reason)
they count as being in both difficult and dangerous terrain. Remove the
marker from a unit after it has completed its movement".

That tells me that this marker is there as long as the unit/units hit has'nt moved, even if its all game, which makes this rule a very good one. Am I interpreting this right?

Yes, as long as they don't move the marker remains.

Once they do, take the dangerous terrain test and remove the marker.

Yep, that's how it works. Makes the Night Spinner highly underrated, IMHO.

Yup... you're right...

Remember, the way to get around that is to simply move ONE model. Therefore, only one model takes the DT test... not the whole unit. Then, the DT counter is gone.

Still sucks tho, especially if you're playing a foot list.

The whole unit counts as moving if one model moves, remember.

Also remember that sometimes being in dangerous terrain doesn't matter (fleet, counter-assault pile ins, consolidations) but the marker is still removed.

"Fleet" isnt a move, it is an allowance to assault after running, whcih still triggers dangerous terrain. pile in, defender react and consolidation moves are exempt from checks as noted.

Running of course does trigger Dangerous.

But remember that only the models which actually move through Dangerous have to take Dangerous tests. So if you move just one model, that triggers just the one dangerous terrain test, and the counter goes away as the unit counts as having moved.

Moving one model still accomplishes your goal. It seems like a great way to prevent an assault squad or equivalent unit from getting in close. Either they roll lots of dice, or effectively don't move for a turn.

Absolutely, it's still a useful effect. They can just mitigate the damage a bit if they're willing to stand still.

Well the movng of one model to prevent dangerous tests will be my oponents problem to figure out. Its not like I will shout "Hey, you can move just one model!". In all honesty I think they will have to do their own research some times instead of rely on me all the time

Also don't forget the 3 strength 6 large blasts!

3 blast templates? What am I missing here?

Mannahnin wrote:Absolutely, it's still a useful effect. They can just mitigate the damage a bit if they're willing to stand still.

Yup... and I HATE that damned thing...

For gak and giggles, I moved the entire ork mob (DT test be damned) and consequently lost more than 25% of my unit and BROKE!

Ugh...

Hence, move just one model to take the test, but my unit stood still doing nuthing... which is alright by my Eldar player.

And remember, Night Spinner is one of the few weapons that only needs to HIT, (rather than wound) to force pinning test (and add the DT token).

But about the 3 Large Blast templates? Why 3 of them? Am I missing something here?

I would assume he means filling your 3 heavy support slots with Nightspinners, or he's gotten them confused with the Support Weapon battery.